Jordan Shusterman: 25 greatest Barry Bonds facts

[G-Snarls]

There really are some remarkable stats (and funny comments) here

 

Hey, it's a slow news MONTH

 

http://oldtimefamilybaseball.com/post/73935637744/25-greatest-barry-bonds-facts

[G-Snarls]

My favorite is 49.1% of his hits were extra base

 

Incredible. He wasn't exactly a singles hitter.

[G-Snarls]

I like this one:

 

9. Intentional walk leaders, 2001-2004:

 

1. Barry Bonds: 284

2. St. Louis Cardinals: 260

3. Montreal Expos: 252

4. Philadelphia Phillies: 237

5. Arizona Diamondbacks: 232

 

Unlike Fact #19, this is the top of the leaderboard. Sure, Bonds drew more intentional walks over a span 14 years than eight different teams. But from 2001-2004, Bonds drew more walks than EVERY TEAM.

[G-Snarls]

Or

 

4. Barry Bonds is the only member of the 500 home runs/500 steals club. He’s also the only member of the 400 home runs/400 steals club.

[jays4life19]

Collusion 101. Coming off a 2007 season of wRC+ 146 (456 OBP) Not a single AL team wanted to sign him as a DH? lol Selig really hates those PED's guys.

[Abomination]

My favorite is 49.1% of his hits were extra base

 

JPA was at almost 45% ... of course Bonds in 2004 had more than 3 times as many walks that year as JPA has had in his entire career.

[Anemic0ffense]

Yeah. Roids or no roids, his stats were still INSANE.

[o2cui2i]

Yeah. Roids or no roids, his stats were still INSANE.

 

add into the mix that most of the pitchers he faced during his career were juiced as well.

 

pete rose

 

barry bonds

 

 

HOF is a joke if those 2 guys dont get put into the front room. baseball has been run by self righteous *******s for too long. too bad things probably wont change in our lifetimes.

 

question is if future generations will right the wrongs on the last ones.

[Brenner]

Likely a HoFer without the juice, averaged 7 war per year for his first 7 years in Pitt. The juice just pushed his numbers into legendary territory.

[Angrioter]

My favourite player ever

[o2cui2i]

Likely a HoFer without the juice, averaged 7 war per year for his first 7 years in Pitt. The juice just pushed his numbers into legendary territory.

 

the holier than though butt heads who vote need to see a proctologist.

[dineke]

#1 should be his hat size.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Just starting to work on framing his jersey up.

[havok24]

add into the mix that most of the pitchers he faced during his career were juiced as well.

 

pete rose

 

barry bonds

 

 

HOF is a joke if those 2 guys dont get put into the front room. baseball has been run by self righteous *******s for too long. too bad things probably wont change in our lifetimes.

 

question is if future generations will right the wrongs on the last ones.

 

Bonds is a top 2 player in baseball history. The thought of Bonds not being in the HOF is beyond a joke.

[NorthOf49]

Bonds' plate discipline stats are ridiculous. In 2004, a 8.3 O-Swing% and 4.0 SwStr%. This is what made him such a great hitter: an insane natural ability to discern balls from strikes and to make contact. And he had prodigious natural power, 40+ SB speed in his early years and was a vacuum on D. The best player in baseball over a 25 year period.

[Boxcar]

Lmao, listen to that crowd in NY in the video. Boy, they sure loved their steroid fueled home runs back then! Seems like being anti-steroid zealots wasn't the cool thing to be at the time.

[Boxcar]

Bonds shouldn't be denied in the HOF because of roids. He was still an amazing player without them.

 

If a ridiculous number of guys were juicing, how come none of them came close to touching Bonds? That's what I want to know. They didn't make Bonds what he was, he's as close to a one man team that we are ever going to see.

[Boxcar]

Likely a HoFer without the juice, averaged 7 war per year for his first 7 years in Pitt. The juice just pushed his numbers into legendary territory.

 

I dunno, I'm sure he'd be legendary regardless. Maybe legendary-er.

[Boxcar]

Sorry for multiple posts, but Barry Bonds escapes election while THIS GUY: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wanerll01.shtml is enshrined. Pretty sure Bonds had 2 seasons where they combined eclipsed Waner's entire career.

[z3r0s]

Its really fun looking back at Bond's stats. I do it often and wish I could have watched him play during his prime. Crazy in just about every facet of the game.

 

Juice can't make you understand the zone so completely.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Collusion 101. Coming off a 2007 season of wRC+ 146 (456 OBP) Not a single AL team wanted to sign him as a DH? lol Selig really hates those PED's guys.

 

He had an OBP of .480 that year, not .456!

 

He probably could've had one of the best offensive seasons of alltime in 2008 if he was a fulltime DH in the AL.

[jays4life19]

He had an OBP of .480 that year, not .456!

 

He probably could've had one of the best offensive seasons of alltime in 2008 if he was a fulltime DH in the AL.

 

Woops, i was looking at 2006.

 

Pretty ridiculous that someone like Billy Beane who gets boners for OBP guys didn't give him a look on a 1 year deal.

[JaysAllMighty]

He certainly belongs in the CHEATERS HOF!

[connorp]

Woops, i was looking at 2006.

 

Pretty ridiculous that someone like Billy Beane who gets boners for OBP guys didn't give him a look on a 1 year deal.

 

It's a good question. There were reports on interest there as it seemed like a good fit in many ways. Who know if it was collusion on the part of mlb or a case where Oak offered a deal BB snorted at. Like say $5m/1 year. Neither would surprise me.

[connorp]

He certainly belongs in the CHEATERS HOF!

 

You should get a gold star from your mommy for this post. Well done

[KingKat]

Collusion 101. Coming off a 2007 season of wRC+ 146 (456 OBP) Not a single AL team wanted to sign him as a DH? lol Selig really hates those PED's guys.

 

Should have been a Blue Jay. Team would have made the playoffs.

[KingKat]

Its really fun looking back at Bond's stats. I do it often and wish I could have watched him play during his prime. Crazy in just about every facet of the game.

 

Juice can't make you understand the zone so completely.

 

Even if you watched him, you still can't wrap your head around it. That whole period in baseball seems like a weird dream. It doesn't seem like it actually happened. Back then new offensive standards seemed to constantly be set. You don't realize your seeing baseball's offensive peak until there's a downturn in offense and you look back and you're like holy s***! Did I actually witness that?

[JaysAllMighty]

I don't understand the people who are in awe and admiring records set by players using performance-enhancing drugs.

 

I only see them as cheating the system. I respect the records that were set without the use of them. Seems like I am of the exception on this forum.

 

That's just the way I feel.

[G-Snarls]

Even if you watched him, you still can't wrap your head around it. That whole period in baseball seems like a weird dream. It doesn't seem like it actually happened. Back then new offensive standards seemed to constantly be set. You don't realize your seeing baseball's offensive peak until there's a downturn in offense and you look back and you're like holy s***! Did I actually witness that?

 

Yep. Barry's insane years and the Sosa/McGuire home run battles may well never be duplicated. It was surreal. And fun to watch, I'll admit.

[G-Snarls]

I don't understand the people who are in awe and admiring records set by players using performance-enhancing drugs.

 

I only see them as cheating the system. I respect the records that were set without the use of them. Seems like I am of the exception on this forum.

 

That's just the way I feel.

 

All of his competitors were using PED's too. And he was STILL that much better than everybody else. That's why.